Weevil resistant sweetpotato through biotechnology

Weevils damage about a quarter of the sweetpotato harvest in Uganda and induce the accumulation of toxic compounds in the healthy-looking parts of damaged storage roots. We have introduced new genes that produce new proteins and small RNA against weevils in the sweetpotato storage root through biote...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	International Potato Center
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	2016
Subjects:	biotechnology sweet potatoes
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144208